Silver - Day Two - 20th July 2011

Lot 823

A late-seventeenth century silver scent flask

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2200

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Description

A late-seventeenth century silver scent flask, unmarked, circa 1690, compressed baluster form, engraved foliate decoration, and engraved with two scenes of cherubs below the inscriptions, ' A MOVR NA POINT DE PEVR' and 'EMOVVOIR FAIT VNIR', with a chain, on an oval foot, height 5.4cm, approx. weight 0.5oz.